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The Streets Of Huanchaco Lined With Local Citizens Welcomed The 23 National Delegations That Participated In The Opening Ceremony.
The ISA World Longboard Championship officially opened on Sunday. In attendance were the 23 National Delegations featuring 70 of the world's best longboard surfers, who traveled to Peru from every corner of the globe. Local authorities, government officials and the people of Huanchaco witnessed the start of the first stand-alone ISA World Longboard Championship.
The National Teams paraded along the town's main street adjacent to the surf break and the contest site. Dozens of Huanchaco's historic "Caballitos de Totora" (reed fishing boats) lined the beachfront, while the surf was pumping with 6-8 feet sets in the background. It was a perfect setting for the visiting athletes to witness Peru's incredible natural resource and 4,000 year-old culture at the same time.
Two representatives from each delegation walked on stage, one proudly waving their national flag while the other poured sand from one of their local beaches into a custom glass container, symbolizing the peaceful gathering of nations through the love of surfing. The Sands of the World Ceremony is unique to ISA World Championships and it leaves the local people and the athletes with a wonderful lasting impression.
On behalf of ISA President, Fernando Aguerre, Karin Sierralta, the local organizer and ISA Vice President made the following opening remarks: "I would like to welcome you to Peru and Huanchaco. For me, it is an honor to have been given the opportunity to organize 6 ISA World Championships in Peru. This would not have been possible without Fernando Aguerre's trust and support."
Sierralta continued, "When I took on the responsibility to organize the first ISA World Longboard Championship, I had the conviction of holding it in Huanchaco because longboard is the tradition in our sport and Huanchaco is where surfing originated in Peru. Huanchaco has a strong culture of sea and waves. In the next few days you will have the pleasure of experiencing this mystical, historical and cultural place that deserves to be shown to the world."
"Finally, I would like to thank all of the humble people of this city, who joined us to support this World Championship. Thanks to the Peruvian Institute of Sport's, Francisco "Pancho" Boza, and especially Jose Quiñones, Peru's National Olympic Committee President, who has become the biggest supporter of Surfing in Peru," concluded Sierralta.
Athletes and spectators were treated to local traditional dances that kept everyone entertained. "La Marinera Norteña" was performed beautifully by 12-year olds Sugey Urcia and her partner, Carlos Correa. Sugey is Peru's National Dance Champion in her age group and is the younger sister of Huanchaco's Juninho Urcia, the ISA Gold Medalist and 5-time ISA Scholarship recipient. A second performance from an Afro Peruvian dance group, kept the crowd jumping, with its up-beat music and dancing.
ISA Vice President Alan Atkins and Huanchaco Mayor Delia Mestanza declared the 2013 ISA Longboard Championship officially open, concluding the ceremonies for the day.
The ISA World Lonboard Championship begins Monday with The Morning Show at 7:40am (local time) followed by the competition at 8am featuring Round 1 of Qualifying Open Men, Qualifying Open Women, and Qualifying 1 Junior Under-18.
The live webcast of the ISA World Longboard Championship is available on www.isawlc.com
The schedule:
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Monday, 5:40am West Coast USA
Monday, 2:40pm France
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gathering a general opinion…
would you be willing to pay higher for 'green hosting'.
Assuming you already have assurance that they actually are "green" and it's not just a marketing gimmick.
gathering a general opinion…
would you be willing to pay higher for 'green hosting'.
Assuming you already have assurance that they actually are "green" and it's not just a marketing gimmick.
My :twocents: : It's not worth 2¢ (even if it's true).
There is a marginal market for it (for businesses that have to have impeccable green credentials or have a commitment to measurable energy use efficiency) but in any case I've seen there's been no provenance that the host has taken extra measures to reduce energy use or has sourced their energy from 100% renewable sources.
It seems like most of the big ones, Hostgator and Bluehost for example, are already green to a certain extent utilizing wind energy so I don't think I would pay more for a company that claims to be MORE green.
Its just a gimmick, how green can you get if your running a computer 24/7.
I would not say this. Large companies that have many computers, lights, air-conditioning… are using Hive Electrical Technology which that reduces and will even shut-down coolling/heating/lighting systems in un or low utilized system areas and will automatically spin it back up when there is demand.
Many of the Green hosts also use Wind Energy; I know of five hosts in the greater Toronto Area have put in Wind Turbines and generate 300% of their needed power, the rest gets put back into the grid as electrical credits for them and green energy entering the grid. A number of hosts also have solar arrays that supplement their energy.
A common theme with Green hosts in our area, is they have aggressive recycling practices, they configure servers for lower electrical consumption, and they allow more than usual tele-commuting that lowers the carbon footprint.
You have to do you homework and understand what you do/don't consider to be Green, but there are companies that are doing this, not just because they want to be Green, but because Electricity is getting much more expensive and the corporate capital costs and green initiatives by our governments are encouraging host to move to cheaper Green electricity.
I do have a Green hosting company that I use and I don't really pay that much more, but even if it was more, I would be willing to pay it, help lower grid-dependency, and provide a marketing spin for my customers.
Nice to know more people believe in it.
There's a lot of difference between an energy efficient system, and one that isn't. I used to have a home server that would idle at 100w, but changed to an atom based one with low power disks that now idles at 15w. I also virtualised multiple systems into the one server so reduced another overhead of having multiple boxes.
One of the key benefits and reasons for growth of virtualisation in enterprise is being able to consolidate multiple resources and systems into less 'iron', having less idling servers that are nonetheless consuming a lot of energy, plus less metal to buy and dispose of, and I dare say less people to look after it all. As pointed out by ServerStorm, this is driven in enterprise purely by money, but it's never a bad thing to be less wasteful of resources.
not sure that we need to pay more for green hosting because some green hoster like bluehost, hostgator, greentohost or greengeeks offer very cheap hosting already.
I can suggest one hosting company?
Sorry if I posted wrong.
GiraffeMan is asking whether people would be willing to pay more for green hosting, not for recommended companies.
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I'm going to add my two cents. If a hosting company is employing Green techniques to reduce power consumption, would I pay extra for that? No! The whole point of using green techniques is to pay less for energy not more. If you have to pay more to use green electricity then what would be the point? You offset the cost from one thing to another, it does not make the environment any better. If a datacenter chooses to invest in solar cells or wind turbines as an addition to their available power, I am not going to pay extra for that when its purpose is to reduce cost!
If the environmentalist what us to be more green more environmentally friendly then they need to stop hiking up the price for all the so called "green" products. Why be green when the competing non-green products are so much cheaper, there is no incentive to be green. The same applies to "organic" food. It makes no sense to me why they have to be more expensive, maybe I am missing a key point of information.
Fair points @logic_earth, however in my case I don't pay more for my green host as the cost of the Wind turbines and Solar Arrays was funded by Government programs. It enabled them to not have to build another coal electrical plant, so in a way it was a win for the Government and for my host. It really depends on where you live.
Your points are true that many people will not pay more for Green and it is not likely to be adopted by the masses unless it does.
[ot]logic_earth, the primary reason in many cases why organic food is priced higher is because it tends to be a commercially inefficient method of producing the final item either requiring more labour input or time. Plus the additional restrictions imposed regarding methods that do not involve modern synthetic inputs. Which of course can affect yield sometimes by 50%, again it depends on environmental factors, labour costs and food type.
Though let's say I was finishing a bull and it took 10-month longer using organic methods; obviously I would want to (re)cover my input costs, i.e. the rearing cost (animal husbandry, forage and vet bills) of an additional 10-month before it was saleable. Not an unrealistic figure, until it reached the same weight so we have simple maths at play. Though obviously a lot of food is mostly organic-grown (excuse the pun) in nature but doesn't pass the stringent guidelines.[/ot]
From my experience, green hosting is fairly pricey for what you get.
You usually don't get anything extra except "green status" which is up to you if you want to pay the premium for it.
I just wish these green hosts would give you something more substantial.
Hi shanshan,
A host does hosting activities, what else do you expect. Green hosting cost are not the same in every region or Country. As I earlier mentioned I don't pay more for my very green host. I don't put a green sticker on my site as it is somewhat common to be on a green host here.
If in your area, green hosting is more expensive then you have to decide if the green impact that the host claims to be making is significant enough for you to decide that paying for it is worth it for the environment's sake.


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Is a church's death inevitable? Who can give congregations permission to die? Should church members feel guilty for closing their facility's doors?
Peter Bush, author of In Dying We are Born: The Challenge and the Hope for Congregations, believes every church must "be prepared to die" because each will die in one of two ways. Each church must die to "deeply held understandings of life and the purpose of the congregation" or it will close its doors.
Congregations are organisms, subject to an organism's lifecycle—birth, development, plateau and aging—and that cycle is inevitable, Bob Dale, author of To Dream Again, Seeds for the Future and Cultivating Perennial Churches, believes.
"Living things don't live forever, but there are some living things that last a long, long time," he said.
Les Robinson, vice president of interim ministry resources for the Center for Congregational Health, also sees the cycle of life. "Churches are human institutions. Why shouldn't they complete the same cycle?" he asked.
Some point out the Bible reveals the pattern, as well. A kernel of wheat must die before it can produce a plant and new seeds, according to John 12:24. The verse usually is interpreted in the light of Jesus' death. But the verse has broader application, Bush believes.
"We have tended to read that as an individual … but I also think it applies to the corporate body," Bush said. "The pattern of dying and rising is continual."
Even churches important to the early Christians faced death, Glenn Akins, associate executive director for the Baptist General Association of Virginia, said. The seven churches in the New Testament book of Revelation no longer exist, he pointed out.
Causes of death
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What causes a church to die? Akins believes lack of leadership and denial of decline contribute to a church's demise. "When multiple people are involved, the church doesn't have to die. But without adequate leadership, without wise decisions, it will die," he said.
Change—or failure to keep pace with it—can be the major factor in church deaths.
"Churches are birthed because of a need," noted Jim Hill, executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Missouri. "On the frontier, churches were birthed as communities sprang up. But some of those communities are gone, and that's not the fault of the church."
Communities often change complexion and cultural makeup. Differences in the ways cultural and age groups define the community concept also determine the type of church that will survive.
"Many churches were started with a sense of neighborhood … a geographical community," Akins said. "The hitch is with all the cultural changes going on, we don't find it that way anymore. … Those (churches) that are 'parish-based' and have never changed their ministry model will not make it."
Closure or revitalization
What indicators might signal a church should close or rethink its ministry? What questions might congregations ask themselves as they face change?
Churches most frequently use traditional indicators—membership numbers and weekly receipts—to determine success. Congregations should begin to ask hard questions as soon as they recognize decline, Hill insisted.
Robinson agreed that those traditional markers catch churches' attention. "Money, membership and attendance are usually what get our attention first. Those are the practical things," he said.
But the more abstract aspects of church life often determine whether a church should close. "We must be very clear about our mission and our vision … who we are at this place, at this time, at this moment in history," Robinson said.
Clarity of identity is critical, he believes, emphasizing that today's congregations can't hang onto the vision they had in the 1950s and '60s. "We can't fulfill that," he said.
"Sometimes churches lose their identity or their clarity. Churches need to ask themselves on a regular basis to keep their identity clear. That doesn't automatically eliminate the struggle with the practical, but it helps the congregation be able to look at their future."
A church's identity can be expressed in its mission, Dale said. A vibrant understanding of mission can help a congregation determine whether it should close or find a new way to move forward.
"One question churches might ask: Is our sense of calling, our sense of mission still alive in this place?" the author said.
Hill also believes congregations must focus on mission first. "Perhaps the most critical questions are: Are there people who need to be reached, and who are not being reached? Can we adapt our ministry to those who are not being reached? Can we build ministry that will help us respond to needs?" he said.
Morale is important as well, Dale noted. Churches often will do what their members "believe they can do," he said.
Closing with hope
Members and even denominations often view church closure as failure. Baptists do not have a system in place to help churches prepare to close. "We need to do better at helping churches recognize new possibilities or to help them close," Robinson said.
Celebration can mitigate guilt and help the congregation recognize the church's contribution to God's kingdom.
"Find a time of storytelling. Sharing is the way to celebrate, to look at the ministry as having done what God called us to do," Robinson added. "That's success, not failure."
Hill agreed celebration can help heal, especially if it is followed by rebirth. "Celebrate the ministry, conclude it, and then focus on birthing a church where a new one is needed," he said.
"Bodies die, but the body of Christ doesn't," Dale stressed. "It may wane in one place but will rise up in another."
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Freedom Fest is the City of Yukon's official Fourth of July Celebration. The annual festival spans over two days - July 3 and 4 - and brings out thousands of people into the heart of Yukon for family fun, food, entertainment, and two extravagant fireworks displays!
Freedom Fest is a fun, family-friendly outdoor festival that accommodates people of all ages.
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Freedom Festival takes place on July 3 and July 4.
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Parkinson's disease is caused by a loss of nerve cells in the part of the brain called the substantia nigra.
Nerve cells in this part of the brain are responsible for producing a chemical called dopamine.
Dopamine acts as a messenger between the parts of the brain and nervous system that help control and co-ordinate body movements.
If these nerve cells die or become damaged, the amount of dopamine in the brain is reduced.
This means the part of the brain controlling movement cannot work as well as normal, causing movements to become slow and abnormal.
The loss of nerve cells is a slow process. The symptoms of Parkinson's disease usually only start to develop when around 50% of the nerve cell activity in the substantia nigra have been lost.
What causes the loss of nerve cells?
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Currently, it's believed a combination of genetic changes and environmental factors may be responsible for the condition.
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"Parkinsonism" is the umbrella term used to describe the symptoms of tremors, muscle rigidity and slowness of movement.
Parkinson's disease is the most common type of parkinsonism, but there are also some rarer types where a specific cause can be identified.
These include parkinsonism caused by:
- medication (drug-induced parkinsonism) – where symptoms develop after taking certain medications, such as some types of antipsychotic medication, and usually improve once the medication is stopped
- other progressive brain conditions – such as progressive supranuclear palsy, multiple system atrophy and corticobasal degeneration
- cerebrovascular disease – where a series of small strokes cause several parts of the brain to die
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Glenora Grapes
Thanks to my gardener, there's a Glenora grapevine growing on the arbor over our patio table. It's about 3 years old now, and it provides shade and a romantic atmosphere for our alfresco meals. And for the first time, it's providing loads of gorgeous purple grapes.
Glenora grapes are juicy and intensely flavorful, like grape bubblegum with a hint of spice, and they have a most satisfying snap when you bite down on them. In fact, they're so good, they've sparked an attitude adjustment in this cook—grapes deserve to be the star of a dish, not just the fruit group in a sack lunch. They are every bit as good as any berry and ought to be treated with the same reverence in the kitchen. Though I can hardly resist eating them out of hand, I'm inspired to transform them into dessert. I made a grape consommé (which the husband insists on calling grape juice), but there are still lots of grapes hanging on that vine. I wonder what else I should make with them…Do you have any suggestions for me? And don't you just love being inspired by ingredients?
Red Grape Consommé with Lemon-Honey Sorbet
Printable Recipe
For the sorbet:
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup honey, preferably orange blossom honey
Grated zest of 2 lemons
1 2/3 cups water
2/3 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
For the consommé:
3 pounds stemmed red grapes
1 cup sugar
To serve:
1 cup blackberries
Make the sorbet:
Combine the sugar, honey, lemon zest, and water in a small saucepan. Heat until the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat and let cool. Stir in the lemon juice. Chill over an ice bath until ice-cold. Transfer to an ice cream maker and churn until frozen. Transfer to a container and freeze for 4 to 6 hours before serving.
Make the consommé:
Combine the grapes and sugar in a large, heavy pot. Lightly crush the grapes using a potato masher. Heat to a bare simmer, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat and let cool. Juice in a food mill using the finest disc. Strain through a fine mesh sieve and chill.
To serve:
Ladle the consommé into individual bowls. Add a scoop of the sorbet to each bowl and divide the blackberries among them. Serve immediately.
Yields about 3 ½ cups of sorbet and 1 quart of consommé, serving 8. I used leaves of lemon balm and jasmine blossoms for garnish in addition to the blackberries. The clarity of the grape consommé is, by far, best on the day it's made.
6 comments:
- anna said...
That looks great - beautiful color! I haven't tried baking with grapes before. Just couldn't get anything but table grapes where I'm from. But now I have GRAPE OPTIONS. I, being me, would definitely try an ice cream or sorbet. Or how about peanut butter ice cream with a grape granita? And then of course you could just make some incredible jam out of them.
- September 1, 2009 at 8:10 PM
- Anshika said...
I never had a grape sorbet before. What I had was a yogurt grape salad and a delicious grape chutney. This is a different option you gave. Will try it sometime. Thanks!
- September 2, 2009 at 2:18 AM
- amy and ann said...
love your blog. I will definitely be back. I can't wait to explore with some of your ideas.
Check out the new blog I have started with a friend and fellow foodie/photographer.
see you soon.
ann - September 2, 2009 at 4:31 AM
- Sam@BingeNYC said...
Wow, the deep colour of your consomme is just incredible. Beautiful dish!
- September 3, 2009 at 10:37 AM
- Hungry Dog said...
How beautiful! As for grape ideas, grape jelly...I think I saw a recipe for small grape cakes in an issue of Gourmet over the last year. Chicken with roasted grapes, that might work.
- September 4, 2009 at 9:07 AM
- hannah queen | honey & jam said...
oh, your photos are stunning!
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The so-called hermit crab is in fact a social creature; in the wild they exist in colonies of a hundred or more. The common name applies to more than 1,000 species of the superfamily Paguroidea, but only a few of these are routinely kept as pets. Their signature behavior of adopting a series of second-hand shells as they grow has been riffed on by makers in a number of clever ways.
Most recently trending, this piece from the The Guardian, with video showing "Harry," a hermit crab who lives in a rock pool at Legoland Windsor, sporting a brightly colored shell custom made from Lego elements by the staff. Legoland's Liane Riley chose to emphasize that Harry was not forced to endorse their product: "We weren't really sure if he'd actually move in, but he rejected the sea and snail shells on offer and seems very comfortable in his new home." [Thanks, Laura!]
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- Improve cards support - more autodetected cards, easy to use.(btw, is there any new hardware unsupported in v4l?) I think now v4l hardware will be slowly withdrawn, so we should not have much problems with support.
- Improve user documentation. It would be nice to have step-by-step description of installation process of saa7134 or cx88 or bttv-based card with translations and small notes for every card we know with links to general installation instructions.
- Organize automatic snapshot testing.
- gpio and eeprom detection for saa7134
- Automatically detect tvnorm: allow driver scan for sound carrier and detect needed standard, set it in tuner (and other clients) and report it. That's probably easy in saa7134 but less easy in cx88 and I can't see if it's possible for bttv.
- Teletext and closed captioning for cx88
- Closed captioning for HDTV
- FreeBSD and OpenSolaris port.
- Reorganize tuner database
- Discussion of API enhancements
- Discussion of Video4Linux API Version 3


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That makes some people, like Tony Mauro, the author of the linked article, wonder about rumors that he may be leaving the Court:
If he thinks of his work on the Court, even sarcastically, as a nine-month-long, brain-evacuating experience, it is easier to see why he would want to leave it behind -- if nothing else, to catch up on his reading.Others I'm sure would put that more harshly: If you don't appreciate the great work of the Supreme Court, get the hell out.
Me, I would speculate that he's fine with the Supreme Court work and he was just being funny — and effusive about the value of serious literature.
ADDED: On reflection, I think the problem he's talking about is something I experience as a law professor. I love the work, but it requires me to devote most of my reading time to judicial opinions and lawprof articles and books. This kind of reading is useful raw material for doing what one loves to do, but it isn't enriching on a deep enough level.
My main problem with Souter is that he is one of the judges who writes the long tedious opinions that I have to chew my way through. May I suggest that if he wants more of a challenge during the Court's term that he devote himself to writing better sentences? Just on the Strunk and White level, could you please edit the hell out of those damned things?
If you don't like what reading that stuff does to your brain, why do you do what you do to my brain? If the Term for you is a lobotomy, consider that you are also the lobotomist!


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Amazon Web Service has reduced prices for its infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings, the 19th time the cost of cloud-based services from the market-leading company has dropped in six years.
Price reductions vary based on geographic location and the type of service being used, but some of the largest savings are for customers using reserved instances of compute power and storage in the company's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Relational Database Service (RDS) offerings.
STUDY: Cloud will create 14 million jobs by 2014
A reserved instance is compute power purchased for a set period of time. The alternative to a reserved instance is an on-demand model, in which the servers can be turned on or off and customers pay on an as-needed basis. Prices of reserved instances of EC2 are reducing by 37% in some geographic areas, including the Eastern United States. On-demand pricing is dropping 10% in that same area. According to AWS' pricing calculator, high-memory on-demand instances start from 90 cents an hour for Linux/UNIX usage and $1.14 per hour for Windows usage.
Reserved instances of the company's RDS offerings were discounted up to 42% and up to 10% for on-demand use.
The company also seems to be making an appeal to enterprise customers that use a large amount of AWS products. Amazon announced that customers save money as they scale up their use of EC2. Customers with $250,000 of reserved instances get 10% off any future reserved instance purchases. Customers surpassing $2 million in reserved instances get a 20% discount on future reserved instance purchases.
This is the second price reduction in as many months from AWS.
Network World staff writer Brandon Butler covers cloud computing and social media. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com and found on Twitter at @BButlerNWW.


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The Nimmo's of Liverpool: Part 3
As I said in my post,
The Nimmo's of Liverpool: Part 1
, I am writing a separate post for each of the children of John Nimmo, Baker of 5 Crosshall Street, Liverpool, and his wife Susannah. Today, we will have a look at Robert Nimmo.
Robert Nimmo
Robert Nimmo was baptised with his sister Jessie on 16 June 1822 at St Peter's by P. Bulmer, Curate.
Unfortunately, I have been unable to find anything else conclusive about him.
Were he and Jessie twins? Or were they just close in age? Was Robert a weak infant from the start, and die like so many others?
The infant mortality rate in Liverpool at the time of Robert's birth was particularly high, like in many rapidly industrialising towns, and whilst exact figures are hard to determine, the modelling suggests that the rate could have been as high as three deaths (before the age of one) out of every ten live births.
Or did he catch an illness we now take immunity against for granted, like measles or chicken pox? Or did he die in 1832, when there was a cholera epidemic in Liverpool.
Did Robert live, but perhaps become a mariner, effectively making him invisible in many of the conventional records we rely on as family historians, like the census.
Ah, so many questions, and without a record of burial I cannot really rule out that he did live, marry and have children of his own. He may have even emigrated as a young man, meaning that by the time of the 1841 Census he had already moved away.
So many possibilities, but I think I will rule him as PFOD (Presumptive Finding of Death) and put him in a list of people I occasionally run searches on again to see if any more records have come to light.
Do you know anything about Robert Nimmo?


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The folks over at Hackspace London have been working hard to create a "very low cost, open source, Internet connected platform on which others can develop their ideas", which they have dubbed "Nanode".
Essentially an Arduino with Ethernet networking on-board, the Nanode is armed with an ATMega 328 microcontroller along with all the other standard goodies you would expect from an Arduino-compatible device. The Nanode can be controlled with a web browser right out of the box, thanks to some custom Ethernet libraries. Additionally network of Nanodes can be easily configured to communicate with a "master" unit via a multidrop serial bus, allowing the device to be used for a wide array of distributed control tasks.
Obviously most of these features can be had in the form of an Arduino Ethernet board, or achieved by using an Ethernet shield. The Nanode is a touch cheaper than either option at $40 for a kit, and the native networking capabilities sound like they would be quite handy. That said, we are a bit bummed that it only has 10BaseT networking capabilities, though it is always nice to have options when it comes to choosing a microcontroller board.
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Ubuntu 'more secure' than Windows, says Dell
PC maker posts top-10 Linux list
Dell reckons Ubuntu offers more protection than Windows online as it convinces consumer PC shoppers they shouldn't be scared of Linux.
In a statement flagged here by TheVarGuy.com, Dell picked on security as one of ten reasons why people should buy PCs running Canonical's Linux rather than Microsoft's operating system.
According to Dell's site (here, and a PDF here (pdf) in case the page is moved):
6) Ubuntu is safer than Microsoft Windows: The vast majority of viruses and spyware written by hackers are not designed to target and attack Linux.
Dell does not provide further details, but continues to state anti-virus and anti-spyware software is "unwarranted" for Ubuntu while such software comes at "extra cost" for Windows.
It's a new take on the classic argument that Linux, Mac or Windows is safer than one of the others, and one that's going to inflame and inspire fanbois on both sides.
Microsoft does actually offer free anti-virus software with Windows, with Windows Defender, along with its free Security Essentials service to protect against viruses and spyware.
Also, the operating system is not the only way into a system and its applications that leave users' vulnerable - even those on Linux. Adobe Systems Flash 10 contained a zero-day security flaw that affected Linux and Mac systems in addition to Windows and could let a hacker potentially take control of a users' PC.
The vendor, which has slipped to third place in global PC shipment rankings, buttressed its security argument by trying to neutralize potential concerns people might have on opening the box containing their new PC to find it doesn't run Windows.
"Linux has been around for nearly 20 years. The software itself is not only stable and reliable, but also pervasive. Linux is used on computers of all sizes ranging from the biggest to the smallest," Dell said.
Dell added it's been shipping Ubuntu since 2007 with every PC fully tested to "ensure the best possible Internet and multimedia experience Linux has to offer".
The push for Ubuntu comes as Dell's site indicated Ubuntu 10.04, released in April, will be appearing on Dell systems this summer. In a further push Dell said boot times have been improved dramatically over Ubuntu 9.10, currently on Inspiron 15n systems, to around 30 seconds. ®


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China and India both know about underground UFO base in the Himalayan border area deep into the tectonic plates
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January 09, 2005
Kongka La is the low ridge pass in the Himalayas (the blue oval in the map). It is in the disputed India-China border area in Ladakh. In the map the red zone is the disputed area still under Chinese control in the Aksai Chin area. The Chinese held northeastern part is known as Aksai Chin and Indian South West is known as Ladakh. This is the area where Indian and Chinese armies fought major war in 1962. The area is one of the least accessed area in the world and by agreement the two countries do not patrol this part of the border. According to many tourists, Buddhist monks and the local people of Ladakh, the Indian Army and the Chinese Military maintain the line of control. But there is something much more serious happening in this area.
According to the few local people on the Indian and Chinese sides, this is where the UFOs are seen coming out of the ground, According to many, the UFO underground bases are in this region and both the Indian and Chinese Government know this very well..
Recently, some Hindu pilgrims on their way to Mount Kailash from the Western pass, came across strange lights in the sky. The local guides while in the Chinese territory told them that this was nothing new and is a normal phenomenon from Kongka Pass area – the tensed border region between India and China. This strange lighted triangular silent crafts show up from underground and moves almost vertically up. Some of the adventurous pilgrims wanted to look into the site. They were first turned back by the Chinese guard posts as they were refused entry from the Chinese side. When they tried to approach the site from Indian side, the Indian border patrol also turned them down in spite of their permit to travel between the two countries.
The pilgrims at that stage started quizzing the Indian border security personnel. The security personnel told them that they are ordered not to allow any one near the area of interest and it is true that strange objects come out from under the ground with amplified and modulated lights. India's Special Operations Forces and the intelligence agencies are in charge of that area.
The locals start laughing in that area when they are asked about these UFO sightings. They get surprised why the Governments are so eager to hide these obvious facts. According to them the extra-terrestrial presence is well known and is in deep into the ground. They believe neither the Indian or Chinese Governments do not want to expose the fact for some reason. When they bring up this matter to local Governments, they are told to keep quiet and forget the same. This is the region where the Euresian plate and the Indian plate have created convergent plate boundaries. Convergent plate boundaries are formed where one plate dives under another. Consequently, this is one of the very few areas in the world where the depth of the earth's crust twice as thick as in other places. The opposite is found in hot spots like Yellow Stone National Park in America where the earth's crust in thin.
The double thick earth-crust allows the creation of underground bases very deep into the tectonic plates.
Kongka La has beautiful rocks and granites. For some strange reasons neither the Chinese nor the Indian authorities ever excavate, dig or mine in this area. The area is pristine and untouched.
Recently, both India and China have moved forward to solve all border disputes and start the Sino-Indian relations all over again. The Aksai Chin area is still disputed. But interesting while negotiations both the Governments are indifferent on this area. India and China as shown in the accompanying maps have huge border areas along the Himalayas and they are negotiating on all these regions. Though India claims that Aksai Chin is part of India, the common belief in the Government is that it is not a show stopper. On the other hand, Chinese after winning Aksai Chin from India in 1962 war, built a strategic military highway. Now they are using an alternate highway not to bother with the area in Kongka La.
Recently in the local school, young children of the area entered into a drawing contest. More than half of the drawings had to do with strange objects in the sky and some coming out of the mountains. Many of them even know what and when to look for.
Many UFO researchers believe that there are hidden UFO bases under the ocean and deep under the ground. Kongka La is experiencing some strange phenomenon and suspicious objects coming out of the inaccessible huge mountains (Himalayas) and both the Governments refuse to come out and say what these are.
The other alternative is that it is an underground strategic Air Force base of some one. Then why will either country allow the base on the official no man's land in the highly sensitive disputed border area? Why is this region continuously reporting UFO sightings from various kinds of people?


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Description (from the publisher): A DYING LAND
The Shima Imperium verges on the brink of environmental collapse; an island nation once rich in tradition and myth, now decimated by clockwork industrialization and the machine-worshipers of the Lotus Guild. The skies are red as blood, the land is choked with toxic pollution, and the great spirit animals that once roamed its wilds have departed forever.
The hunters of Shima's imperial court are charged by their Shōgun to capture a thunder tiger – a legendary creature, half-eagle, half-tiger. But any fool knows the beasts have been extinct for more than a century, and the price of failing the Shōgun is death.
Yukiko is a child of the Fox clan, possessed of a talent that if discovered, would see her executed by the Lotus Guild. Accompanying her father on the Shōgun's hunt, she finds herself stranded: a young woman alone in Shima's last wilderness, with only a furious, crippled thunder tiger for company. Even though she can hear his thoughts, even though she saved his life, all she knows for certain is he'd rather see her dead than help her.
But together, the pair will form an indomitable friendship, and rise to challenge the might of an empire.
Review: I really wanted to love Stormdancer. It had everything that I was looking for in a great read: a fantastic world, a wholly original story, and a strong female protagonist who I could root for throughout the book. Unfortunately, it took a lot of patience and setting the book aside, forgetting about it and then picking it up to actually find the compelling aspects of the story.
Stormdancer is a laborious read. The first half of the book is seeped in fantastic world building. Shima Imperium is a kingdom inspired by feudal Japan. It is a unique society woven from Japanese culture and history along with the author's imagination of steampunk machinery. Living standards are rough. Pollution and drug addiction, both of which runs the empire, proliferate under the rule of a corrupt shogun who seeks to win an admittedly nebulous war. I loved the world building in Stormdancer up to a certain point. Everything is described in minute detail from the story's setting to the clothes that people wear to the types of weapons warriors carry, which slows down the story's pace to a mere crawl. I had to bookmark the glossary, found in the back of the book and a hint that was pointed out to me by some friends, so I could figure out what words, deities, etc meant as there is hardly any context given to them in the text. Many times I would find Japanese words that are used frequently in the story but are never defined. I also found some words that aren't Japanese at all, which I had to look up. I wish the glossary was thoroughly created so it could help alleviate my frustrations with the book. For the most part, I think my experiences reading manga kind of helped build a vague foundation of Shima Imperium, but I still had to wrap my head around the world. The story is told mainly through third person narrative and finally picks up the slow pace when it turns its attention on the various characters in the story.
Our protagonist, Yukiko is a strong willed teen forced to take care of her father at a tender age of 16. Yukiko has an antagonistic relationship with her father, a once revered warrior who now spends his time in a drug induced state in order to forget the horrors of his past. Through small glimpses of flashbacks, we are lead to believe that her father is the person responsible of driving her mother and brother away. We instantly feel Yukiko's isolation and anger. We become protective of her, but her survival and perceptive skills assure us that she can do fine on her own. Though she is aware of the flaws of her society, she isn't sure of the corruption's inception and extent nor does she know what her life is outside of keeping a watchful eye on her father. She is gifted (or cursed?) with an ability which the shogun's guild would punish with death if it is discovered: She can commune with animals. Her courage, fears, and skills are put to test when the Emperor commissions Yukiko's father and his crew to catch an elusive arashitora, a creature part-eagle and part-tiger. Yukiko's quest to survive becomes more challenging. Failure to find the arashitora means the end for Yukiko and her father. Indeed, death looms around every corner as Yukiko meets defectors, rebels and others too scared to oppose the shogun. After discovering startling truths about her family, she quickly becomes the face of rebellion.
While Yukiko is a fabulous character whom I would love to know more, her character growth isn't smooth. It starts and stops when additional world building weeds itself in between. There were many times when I had to skim over the descriptions in order to keep my momentum going. I loved the moments where Yukiko and the arashitora form a special bond that grows at a realistic pace. Important themes central to the characters' motivations and key character relationships are surprisingly summed up in just few sentences, which left me completely unsatisfied. The book ends just when I found myself getting comfortable with the story.
By the time I was finished with the book, I felt like I completed an arduous task, however, I didn't feel the satisfactions of completing it. While there is no dangerous cliffhangers lingering, there are plenty of unanswered questions. I'm still conflicted about recommending this book and I'm not sure if I'll be continuing the series, especially if the dense and overwhelming world building continues. Stormdancer perhaps is one of those few books that might work better on film or even a graphic novel as its visuals are incredibly important to the story. It's just too bad that the great characters have to take a back seat.
Rating: 3.5 stars
Words of Caution: There is some strong language, allusion to a few sex scenes, and strong violence. Recommended for strong Grade 9 and up.
If you like this book try: Leviathan trilogy by Scott Westerfeld, Hungry City Chronicles by Philip Reeve, Eon by Alison Goodman, Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon


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A thin film made of graphene and a charge-inducing polymer shows promise as a replacement for transparent electrical conductors in displays.
Flatscreen televisions, computers and mobile phone displays all require transparent electrical conductors to connect embedded electrical devices without obstructing back illumination. Indium tin oxide (ITO) is currently used for this purpose, but it is expensive and fragile. A low-cost alternative, based on a composite film made of graphene and a ferroelectric polymer, is now available thanks to an international research team, including researchers from the A*STAR Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) in Singapore.
Graphene is transparent since it consists only of a single layer of carbon atoms. "Graphene can show a high electrical conductivity and is also stronger and much more flexible than indium tin oxide, and thus could even be used for foldable displays and thin solar cells," explains Guangxin Ni, a PhD candidate in the research team.
Although very thin, graphene's single layer of carbon atoms forms strong, tough bonds that explain its good mechanical and electrical properties. In its pristine state, however, graphene's electrical conductance is low because it has very few free electrons that can carry an electrical current. Injection of electrical charges, usually by applying an electrical voltage, can increase conductivity; however, this is undesirable in consumer devices because it uses electrical power.
Ni and his co-workers' thin film offers a more permanent solution. They combined graphene with a ferroelectric polymer, which has a constant electrical charge on its surface. They grew the graphene on a copper foil by evaporating organic precursor molecules, and then deposited the polymer on top as a thin film from solution. When brought in close contact, the electrical field from the polymer induced electrical charges in graphene. This increased graphene's electrical conductivity by a factor of 12.
The advantage of this approach is that this charge donation is extremely long lasting, indefinitely in theory, and does neither damage to the material nor substantially compromises the high optical transparency of graphene, notes team member Kui Yao from IMRE. Moreover, the fabrication process is very scalable and suitable for industrial applications.
Before developing commercial applications, even higher conductivities are desirable: the conductivity of ITO is still about 20% better than the hybrid graphene -- ferroelectric polymer. Nevertheless, the research team is striving to overcome this barrier and even double the conductivity of the films by optimizing and enhancing the design and fabrication of these graphene/polymer devices. If successful, the team will greatly enhance the commercial potential of this transparent conductor, and bring the broad commercial application of graphene a step closer.
The A*STAR-affiliated researchers contributing to this research are from the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering.
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Web check-in for passengers at Boryspil airport
Now you can check-in online not just from your personal computer but directly at Boryspil airport. Special web check-in kiosks are now available.
Web check-in kiosks have been installed at Kyiv International Airport "Boryspil": three of them – in Terminal B and one - in Terminal A.
Using these kiosks passengers will be able to check-in online and print out their boarding pass thus avoiding queues at the check-in desk.
Kiosks are equipped with a user-friendly and easily-followed system. Passengers who want to check-in by this method just choose the airline, select the UIA website and identify themselves by surname, booking code, electronic ticket number or by Panorama Club frequent flyer card.
The next step is to select a seat on the aircraft and check-in is then confirmed. Passengers can then print their Boarding Pass and proceed to Security.
Passengers travelling with check-in baggage can also check-in online but they should then go to the check-in desk to handle their baggage.
The system interface is available in two languages: Ukrainian and English. Web check-in is closes 60 minutes before departure.


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The stars of hit TV show Modern Family have reached a deal to end a legal dispute over their contracts.
The series' lead actors Sofia Vergara, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet, Julie Bowen and Ty Burrell filed suit against 20th Century Fox TV executives on Tuesday (24Jul12), claiming their longterm deals were in violation of California labour laws, which state that personal service contracts can last no longer than seven years.
Ed O'Neill added his name to the legal action on Thursday (26Jul12), standing united with his five co-stars in a bid to have their prior agreements declared null and void, allowing them to renegotiate fresh agreements with increased salaries.
A deal was reached on Friday (27Jul12) to end the dispute, ensuring filming can resume on Monday (30Jul12).
Executive producer Christopher Lloyd tells the Associate Press, "The particular grounds for the lawsuit are debatable. It was a tactic in negotiations. I don't think it was ever taken that seriously. It was a step along the way. I think personally our actors got some bad advice. I have nothing negative to say about our actors.
"It could have been avoided if Fox and ABC wanted to overpay. It could have been avoided if the actors asked for less than they probably deserve.
"I don't know the terms of (the deal), probably both sides feel it didn't end up where they wanted it to end up and that's usually the sign it was a well-executed negotiation."
The fourth season of Modern Family is expected to premiere in September (12).


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Get a head start on your accounting system by using this template to stay updated on all the tasks you have to take care of throughout the year. Whether you're working with an accountant or keeping track of everything yourself, simply use this template, set some dates, and keep your books more organized, all the time.
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This piece originally appeared on CNN.com, which has a business partnership with CareerBuilder.com.
Attempting to beat the clock isn't always an option, but using creative and funny excuses is. There is no worse feeling than waking up in the morning, rested from good night's sleep, and glancing at the clock, only to do a double-take: You're late!
For most people, knowing they're running late for work strikes the fear of God within them, and as a result, they move like there's a fire under their feet to get ready. They hustle, scramble, frantically throw things into a bag and are out the door to ensure a timely—though unkempt and graceless—arrival at the office.
But for a smaller group people, knowing they are running late for work does absolutely nothing except stimulate their creative juices in order to make up the latest excuse as to why they are late for work—again.
Twenty percent of workers said they arrive late to work at least once a week, according to a February 2009 CareerBuilder.com survey of more than 8,000 workers. Twelve percent said they are late at least twice a week.
One-third (33%) of workers blamed traffic for their tardiness, while 24% said lack of sleep was the culprit. Ten percent of workers said getting their kids ready for school or day care was the main reason they ran late in the morning. Other common reasons included public transportation, wardrobe issues, or dealing with pets.
"While some employers tend to be more lenient with worker punctuality, 30% say they have terminated an employee for being late," said Rosemary Haefner, vice president of human resources for CareerBuilder.com.
"Workers need to understand their company's policies on tardiness and if they are late, make sure they openly communicate with their managers. Employers have heard every excuse in the book, so honesty is the best policy."
Creative Excuses
If you've decided honesty is not the best policy for you, don't try using any of the following excuses as the reason why you're late—they've been heard before.
Here are 12 of the most outrageous excuses employees have heard for being late to work:
- My heat was shut off so I had to stay home to keep my snake warm.
- My husband thinks it's funny to hide my car keys before he goes to work.
- I walked into a spider web on the way out the door and couldn't find the spider, so I had to go inside and shower again.
- I got locked in my trunk by my son.
- My left turn signal was out so I had to make all right turns to get to work.
- A gurney fell out of an ambulance and delayed traffic.
- I was attacked by a raccoon and had to stop by the hospital to make sure it wasn't rabid.
- I feel like I'm in everyone's way if I show up on time.
- My father didn't wake me up.
- A groundhog bit my bike tire and made it flat.
- My driveway washed away in the rain last night.
- I had to go to bingo.
Follow the Culture
The general rule is that you should be in your desk, working by your designated starting time. Technically, even if you're at your desk "on time" but you're still booting up your computer, saying your hellos, and making a cup of coffee—you're late.
Though you should always try your best to be punctual every morning, sometimes it's safe to observe the company culture. If you arrive to work every morning to find all of your colleagues diligently working while you shuffle in on your own accord, your tardiness will probably stand out. On the other hand, if most people filter in at their own paces—within reason—an occasional late arrival will probably go unnoticed.
To be on the safe side, try your best to be on time for work every day. Your boss, co-workers, and reputation will thank you for it.


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User equity – Fees are more proportional and give users more control over the amount charged. With fees, larger users pay more, and smaller users pay less. Users can also reduce the amount of the fee by taking steps to manage runoff. Property retaining 100% of their runoff can qualify for a 100% reduction in their fee. Also, properties, that drain 100% to a river or are 100% vacant may also qualify for a reduction in fee.
Dedicated funding – Fee revenue is segregated meaning the funds can only be used for the specific purpose for which they are collected. For example, stormwater fees can only be used for stormwater related costs. In contrast, tax revenues are available for almost any use, and competition for tax dollars have historically resulted in little, if any, funding for stormwater-related items.
Tax exempt property – Many properties in Moline such as property owned by the City, County, School District, Black Hawk College, and churches are granted tax exempt status. Many of these tax exempt properties have large amounts of impervious area. Assessing a Utility Fee on tax exempt properties ensures that all properties are assessed fairly based on their amount of runoff and does not create a system where the taxable properties subsidize the non-taxable properties.
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A stormwater utility is a special assessment set up to generate funding specifically for stormwater management. Businesses and residents within the City of Moline pay a stormwater fee, and the revenue collected directly supports maintenance of the existing storm drain systems, development of drainage plans, flood control measures, water quality programs, and funds major capital expenses. In order to meet new, federally-mandated regulations for discharging stormwater and pay for the associated storm sewer-related infrastructure costs, the City of Moline has chosen to implement a stormwater fee rather than raise property taxes or cut services. Moline residents that have stormwater and/or sanitary sewer issues, please call the Stormwater Hotline at 309.524.2300 Monday through Friday from 7 am to 3:30 pm; after 3:30 pm and weekends, call 309.524.2300.
Dumping leaves and grass clippings in a pile is often confused with the composting process, where organic lawn waste is actively managed and monitored to accelerate the break down of the waste into a useful end product. Dumped lawn waste, although biodegradeable, smothers existing vegetation and does not decompose. Unless you are turning, watering and checking the temperature of the pile, you are not composting.
The City encourages residents to properly compost waste or take advantage of yard waste programs in place. Residents can rake leaves to the curb (but not into the street or gutter which obstructs flow) for vacuuming or bag lawn waste. Leaves may be vacuumed from the roadside from October 17 - December 9th, although sticks are not allowed. Residents may bag yard waste, place a $2.00 City sticker on it and have it taken on their regular trash pickup day from April 4th - December 16th. The City will even pick up your paper yard waste bags without a sticker from October 17th - December 16th. Contact the Municipal Services Division at 309.524.2400 for more information. Branches may be set out with your regular trash pick up but they must be bundled in 4' lengths and cannot be more than 1 foot in diameter. Special waste pickups are also available for large branches and other material for $140. Information about disposal of a wide range of material is available on our Municipal Services page.
Overland flow or runoff that travels naturally across one property to another is considered part of the storm sewer system and must be maintained to ensure proper drainage in the City. If stormwater drainage patterns are altered, the flow must be allowed to run its natural course without restricting or increasing flow. Changes to drainage patterns must be permitted and approved by the City Engineer prior to any land disturbance.
Maintain ravines, ditches and other drainageways to allow flow. Landscaping, sheds and other structures can change intended flow patterns in your neighborhood so check with the City to see if there may be a drainage easement in your yard.
Do not litter. Even the smallest cigarette butt contributes to blocked pipes, flooding and degraded water quality. All the trash and debris in our streets flows to the storm sewer and eventually to the Mississippi and Rock Rivers. If you wouldn't throw that lunch sack into the river, don't throw it in the street or storm drain.
Manage your runoff. Use rain barrels, plantings or rock basins to contain your gutter and sump flow so it soaks into the ground instead of flowing overland and onto your neighbors. This can prevent erosion and reduce the impact your property has on the City storm sewer.
Take your leftover paint, used oil, and cleaning products to the appropriate household hazardous waste collection center for proper disposal. Never, never dump these items into the storm system. Stormwater goes untreated directly into our rivers. View the Earth 911 website, put in the item you need to dispose of and your zip code for disposal locations near you.


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Don't look now but the injury-riddled Vancouver Canucks find themselves perched atop the Pacific Division after the first month of the NHL season (the first time that's happened since 2006). A look back at a surprisingly strong October:
By the numbers
Record: 8-6-0 (4-2-0 home, 4-4-0 away) 16 points (1st, Pacific Division; 7th overall); GF: 40 (9th overall); GA: 44 (27th overall); PP: 17.0% (20th overall); PK: 83.3% (9th overall).
Leading scorers: Elias Pettersson (8 GP, 7-3-10), Bo Horvat (14 GP, 7-3-10), Jake Virtanen (14 GP, 5-2-7), Brock Boeser (12 GP, 2-5-7). Goalies: Jacob Markstrom (8 GP, 5-3-0, 2.96 GAA, .911 save percentage), Anders Nilsson (6 GP, 3-3-0, 2.67 GAA, .912 save percentage).
Fun number: Brendan Gaunce is averaging two points per game (scoring two points in his first match on Halloween night against Chicago after being called up from the AHL).
Player of the month
It's Pettersson in a runaway. The rookie sensation, despite missing six games with a concussion, has taken the league by storm, producing at a 100-point pace and drawing comparisons to Pavel Datsyuk and even Wayne Gretzky. Pettersson was named the NHL's rookie of the month for October. If he's not already the face of franchise, it's not far off. Honourable mention: Horvat.
Elias Pettersson (@Canucks), who led all rookies with seven goals and 10 points in eight games (7-3—10), has been named the NHL's "Rookie of the Month" for October. https://t.co/Xf2Mr89UMe #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/gF9Wl5Ny2O
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 1, 2018
Biggest surprise: With a stick tap to the late-month, minute-munching efforts of defenceman Ben Hutton, the nod goes to Virtanen, who rounded out the month in style on Halloween with the first two-goal game of his career. His goal-scoring exploits have also spawned the humorous 'Shotgun Jake' phenomenon.
Biggest disappointment: While a reported nagging groin injury has contributed to the slow start (two goals) for sniper Boeser, veteran Loui Eriksson, he of the six-year, $36M contract, has yet to score in 14 games this season.
Best win: Horvat netted the OT winner in a 2-1 victory on Oct. 20 over the hated Boston Bruins.
Worst loss: On Oct. 27, the Canucks were pounded 5-0 by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Best fight: A helmet knock to Erik Gudbranson's tilt with Calgary's Travis Hamonic on Oct. 3, but the surprise factor of Horvat dropping the mitts with Boston's Noel Acciari allows that spirited bout to take top spot.
Injury update: The Canucks have been beset by injuries. Currently on injured reserve: promising goalie prospect Thatcher Demko (concussion), veteran centre Jay Beagle (fractured forearm), the team's top defence pair of Alex Edler (lower-body injury) and Chris Tanev (hip), goalie Nilsson (broken finger), centre Brandon Sutter (upper-body injury) and winger Sven Baertschi (upper-body injury).
On the farm: Vancouver's AHL club, the Utica Comets, finished October with a 4-6-0 record, good for sixth in the league's North Division. Darren Archibald, Adam Gaudette, Guillaume Brisebois, Alex Biega, Gaunce, Richard Bachman and Jalen Chatfield have all been summoned at some point by the big club due to the rash of injuries. Reid Boucher (8 GP, 9-3-12) leads the Comets in scoring, while defence prospect Olli Juolevi (10 GP, 1-5-6) is off to a solid start offensively.
Coming this month: The Canucks play 14 times in November, with home games against Colorado (Nov. 2) and Montreal (Nov. 17), sandwiched around a six-game road trip that will see them play in Detroit, Boston, Buffalo, New York (Rangers and Islanders) and Minnesota, all within the space of 10 days. Then it's back home for a Nov. 19 game with Winnipeg, three California games in four nights against Anaheim, San Jose and L.A., before wrapping up the month at home with games on Nov. 27 against L.A. and Nov. 29 against the Vegas Golden Knights.
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Vancouver Island Free Daily editor Philip Wolf can be reached via email at firstname.lastname@example.com or on Twitter @philipwolf13


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The following is a description of Henry VIII. It comes from a Venetian diplomat called Pasqualigo who wrote it in 1515 in a dispatch back to Venice. An English politician potentially faced the loss of everything if he made any disparaging remarks against Henry VIII, especially over the king's appearance, which Henry took very seriously. . Pasqualigo was free from the threat of any such comeback. Therefore, it is quite possible that this is a true description of Henry VIII as opposed to the sycophantic ones invariable written by Englsihmen.
"His Majesty is the handsomest potentate I ever set eyes on; above the usual height, with an extremely fine calf to his leg, his complexion very fair and bright, with auburn hair combed straight and short, in the French fashion, and a round face so very beautiful, that it would become a pretty woman, his throat being rather long and thick. He was born on the 28th of June, 1491, so he will enter his twenty-fifth year the month after next. He speaks French English, and Latin, and a little Italian, he plays well on the lute and harpsichord, sings from book at sight, draws the bow with greater strength than any man in England, and jousts marvellously. Believe me, he is in every respect a most accomplished Prince; and I, who have now seen all the sovereigns in Christendom, and last of all these two of France and England in such great state, might well rest content, and with sufficient reason have it said to me, 'abi viator, sat tuis oculis debe' (go home traveller, your eyes have seen enough).


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I always wondered where some of these traditions came from and when asking the "elders" of the family always got some very vague answer. Now I know. Happy Chinese New Year Xin!
The Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, is celebrated annually by billions of people around the world. In 2010, New Year's Day falls on February 14th. Here are some of the customs related to money and financial prosperity you may see and hear during the Chinese New Year.
One custom enjoyed by all Chinese children is the giving of ya sui qian, which literally means "money to push down your age." This custom stemmed from a Chinese folklore that states each year there are evil spirits named sui that sickened children, and each family must bribe the spirits with some money to keep them away. These days kids do not worry about the evil spirits, but get the money. Elders generally would give money in little red packets to children as families visit each other in succession. In fact, it's not just children who receive these "red envelopes" but unmarried young adults as well. Once you are married, the tables are turned and you start handing out red envelopes.
A common greeting for Chinese New Year is gong xi fa cai in Mandarin or gung hay fat choy in Cantonese. It literally means "congratulations and get wealthy." Another greeting that is often seen on cards is nian nian you yu, which means "every year there will be extra." Since the word for "extra" is a homophone of the word for "fish," New Year feasts usually include fish.
Traditional New Year's food is symbolic of the hope for prosperity in the new year. A popular food item to eat during new year is the dumpling. Although they are eaten all year round, they are a must during the new year because dumplings are usually shaped like gold and silver ingots used in ancient China as currency. Another food eaten for prosperity is a sticky sweet rice cake called nian gao, which is a homophone for the words "year" and "high." If you are invested in the stock market you definitely would want it to be higher in the new year.
Ultimately, Chinese New Year is a celebration of family and friends. It is a time when we get together to wish each other the best for the future, and appreciate the fact that we have survived another year, together. Happy new year everyone!
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By: Christopher Kazarian Published: 09/23/11 INT. CALFEE HOUSEHOLD - THANKSGIVING EVENING (1986) Arthur D. Calfee, his wife Jane (Booje), and their extended family have just finished Thanksgiving dinner. With stomachs full, the group starts acting out impromptu scenes as a way to entertain one another. A wide-eyed 9-year-old Davidson O. Calfee joins in. CUT TO: INT. QUAHOG REPUBLIC DIVE BAR - WEDNESDAY EVENING (2011) Director Jason J. DiMare of Wareham stands behind a commercial-grade Sony digital camera perched on top of a tripod. He hits "record" as Davidson Calfee, now in his early 30s, is seated across from Anthony Rose of Weymouth at a circular table near the picture windows of the Quahog Republic Dive Bar on Spring Bars Road. The pair start conversing—Mr. Rose playing the role of Randy trying to convince Davidson Calfee playing the role of Dillon Brody that Dillon's girlfriend Mikenna (Nicole Saquet of Attleboro) is being hit on by another woman, Sue (Jennifer Tausevich of Weymouth), while at a club that night. The scene was being filmed this past Wednesday for the independent comedy "The Single Life," a low-budget feature that is being shot from Boston to Wareham to Cape Cod. This was the second time the cast and crew have been in Falmouth; in August they shot another bar scene at the Beach House in North Falmouth. The movie represents a high point in the burgeoning acting career of Mr. Calfee who landed his first role as a lead actor in "The Single Life" in June. By that point Mr. DiMare and his crew had already started filming scenes for the movie, but the first "Dillon Brody" did not work out as planned. So Mr. DiMare placed a call to South Shore Casting, where casting director Jodi Purdy-Quinlan gave the director a handful of names that included Falmouth's own Mr. Calfee. "We had about seven or eight other auditions, and he [Mr. Calfee] was actually the last one," Mr. DiMare said. "When we talked to him and met him, he just had this charisma about him and he had what we were looking for. It hit us in the face, and we said, 'We want this guy. We need this guy." It represented a major achievement for someone whose initial foray into acting began at home with his family during Thanksgiving Day parties. A 1996 graduate of Falmouth High School, Mr. Calfee eventually strayed away from the more creative, graduating from Springfield College in 2000 with a degree in recreation management. By 2005 he had started working for his father's insurance company, Arthur D. Calfee Insurance Agency, where he currently serves as vice president. But as the film industry began making its way to Massachusetts, bringing major motion pictures to this region, Mr. Calfee signed up with two local casting agencies in 2008. His return to acting was less than glamorous. He was cast as an extra in the Kate Hudson film "Bride Wars" and in the Kevin James comedy "Paul Blart: Mall Cop," both of which were shot in Massachusetts. Still, he enjoyed the experience and became hungry for more, meeting people in the industry, which led him to starring roles in the short film "Workaholics Anonymous," as well as a handful of commercials and other small projects. As he continued to hone his craft, he said there was always the urge to act in a feature film, with the goal of being the lead. When he was called in to audition for "The Single Life," that was his chance. "And they actually said, 'Yes,' " he laughed, admitting he had no nerves that day. "Did I feel pressure? No. Either they want me or they don't. I get denied constantly," he said. Over the summer he juggled his day job with evening and weekend shoots on the film, something that has been thrilling. "The Single Life" is a comedy that deals with the painful reality of breakups and how people respond to those situations. It revolves around Mr. Calfee's character Dillon Brody who gets dumped by his girlfriend Mikenna, motivating him to attempt suicide by overdosing on pills. Brody ends up in a coma, during which the film cuts to comedic flashbacks of previous breakups he has had with other girlfriends. "When he snaps out of it, he has a zest for life and wants to help people who are brokenhearted," Mr. Calfee said. At that point, Brody creates a dating service called The Single Life, setting up dates, many of which include his high school friends. "They are a disaster," Mr. Calfee said. The movie concludes with Brody's company a failure, although he ends up finding love and happiness with Corrine (Jessenia Arias), a female friend he continually sees throughout the movie. The underlying message of "The Single Life," Mr. DiMare said, is that "the universe places people in our lives at the exact right moment and it is our job to notice it. Each and every single person has a purpose in our lives, whether good or bad." Mr. DiMare said the film has benefited from the talents of Mr. Calfee. "He brings such a positive attitude to the set," he said. "He just has this aura of happiness surrounding him. He is really positive and he gets everyone excited." As far as his acting ability, Mr. DiMare said that Mr. Calfee has a believable quality about him that makes his character likable. Along with landing the lead in the movie, Mr. Calfee serves as the associate producer as well as its editor. On Wednesday, Mr. Calfee was not only preparing for his scenes, but assisting with sound, mic'ing his fellow actors. The scene was a flashback in which Brody is recalling the night at the bar when his friend Randy tells him that there is an odd chemistry between Brody's girlfriend Mikenna and Sue, a lesbian. While the film's leads spent the first hour and a half shooting scenes at the table, local residents had a chance later that night to appear in "The Single Life," during a dance segment filmed toward the back of the Quahog Republic. Author T.M. (Ted) Murphy of Grand Avenue, Falmouth Heights, played one of those patrons, showing off his moves on the dance floor. "It is always good to see Falmouth artists doing their thing," Mr. Murphy said, explaining why he showed up on Wednesday. "I came out to support Davidson... The great thing about Falmouth is we support one another." That support, Mr. Calfee said, has been evident wherever they have shot. "Everyone has been so nice and we've been meeting all sorts of great people from the Boston area, Wareham, Brockton, Marshfield and Cape Cod," he said. He estimated there is roughly three weeks left of filming. After that the goal is to submit it to large film festivals such as Sundance and smaller ones such as the Woods Hole Film Festival. In the meantime Mr. Calfee has already lined up his next project, "617," a short film that Mr. DiMare and his Big Whopper Films production company will be producing. If there is a lesson to be learned from Mr. Calfee's journey, it is that aspiring actors should look at every role as an opportunity, no matter how small. "People who want to break into the business, but don't want to show up for shoots, that is a big mistake," he said. "That is how you break into the industry and land more gigs." |
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A look at the best tweets from the world of UFC. Follow @ufc, the list of official UFC accounts, the list of UFC fighters and the list of Strikeforce fighters to keep up with these guys and gals.
UFC on FX: Browne vs Bigfoot
Fight week!!!! Me an LIL @johndodsonmma getting picked up and headed to the hotel. http://instagr.am/p/QQTXjYE-pA/ -Travis Browne
Now is time to put my weight back.Lol. Agora e hora de recuperar o peso...rs http://instagr.am/p/QYN_hNGtR9/ -Antonio Bigfoot Silva
See the main event staredown fans went bananas for - @TravisBrowneMMA vs. @BigfootSilva http://www.ufc.com/media/ufc-fx5-mainevent-weighin-highlight … -UFC
The best I've ever felt at 170! Time to do work tomorrow night! http://instagr.am/p/QYgLovga3d/ -Jake Ellenberger
@ weigh ins on weight with @SugarRaySefo @MartinKampmann @Randy_Couture http://lockerz.com/s/250275538 -Jay Hieron
I can't wait for this dream to come true http://via.me/-5oj8nh2 -John Dodson
Hanging with @EllenbergerMMA in the hotbox. #WeightCuttingWithASmile #UFConFX5 pic.twitter.com/5Z3CXj9Q -Yves Edwards
Flexing my butt for Arianny. http://instagr.am/p/QYCOtJRReb/ -Darren Uyenoyama
@Jayhieron 's back people pic.twitter.com/dLtceP1H -Mike Pyle
I'm overwhelm wt all the tweets! U guys are awesome! Thanks for the support. -Danny Castillo
Nah. That'd be Totally Boring.
I wanna see Jon Jones VS Anderson Silva. Anyone else? -Duane Ludwig
An Eye for an… Cupcake?
I'm sitting in traffic haven't moved at all for 2hrs & I'd be willing to stab someone in the eye for a vanilla cupcake right now! -Miesha Tate
Fighters Against Nerd Posers
Here's a #TRUTH, putting glasses on a hot chick does not a NERD make. NONE of you are NERDS! Signed - a real nerd. -Josh Barnett
TUF: Booze and Babies
I've inherited a taste for red wine from @MikeyRicci horrible influence that Canadian… -James Chaney
@jameschaneymma Drink up boy -Mike Ricci
On my way to find out what my next kid will be! Will it be a boy or girl? -Julian Lane
Its a girl!! -Julian Lane
Dana's Evil Plan Involves Dessert
I want the cyborg fight so if 135 won't work let's get @RondaRousey to 145 :) pic.twitter.com/XPzM1vqx -Dana White
Happy Birthday, Hippo
Today is my 40th birthday :-) I officially have old man's strength now and am unstoppable! -Anthony Perosh
Zombies Vote No on YOLO
Big day of zombie apocalypse-ing tomorrow at universal studios. Does the hash tag #yolo apply here? -Quinn Mulhern
Leben Attacked By Giant Angry Canary!
Just posted a photo http://instagr.am/p/QYEJa5khvo/ -Chris Leben
Oh... Nevermind.
Just posted a photo http://instagr.am/p/QYEBpLEhvf/ -Chris Leben
Helpful Gomez
Hey @ufc I'll fight Taveres, I'm way under 155 righ now. Get me a flight and I'll fight him tomorrow. -Ulysses Gomez
Totally Okay. Not Weird at All
In highschool I talked to the sportscenter anchors like they were actually in the room. It worried my mother. But c mom I turned out ok -Forrest Griffin
Daron's Observational Skills: Second to None
@ufc @BigfootSilva that is a big ass dude -Daron Cruickshank
Isaac the Cinema Aficionado
Anything with a giant crocodile and @BettyMWhite is a classic in my book!!!! -Isaac Vallie-Flagg
In Fairness, it was Last Year's iPad
Just saw a homeless guy with an iPad tablet... California must be home To the nation's richest bums -John Cofer
Post UFC on Fuel 5 Tweets
Thanks everybody for the messages, happy with the win! Thanks @smiocic for a great and hard fight, you rock brother! -Stefan Struve
S**t happens. Didn't work out for me tonight. I will use this to get better. Can't wait for the next one. Hope you guys enjoyed the fight.
And congrats to @StefanStruve Great fight big man -Stipe Miocic
Thanks everyone. Tough fight and a tough opponent. @AmirMMA took some of my best shots and kept coming. Respect to him. -Dan Hardy
My LCL popped during the fist takedown. I'm not sure what to say here guys. Thanks for the support. -Duane Ludwig
Dan Hardy is back! -UFC United Kingdom
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Howard Photonics Group 2014
Photonics for Imaging and Diagnostics
The Howard Research Group is a biomedical photonics research group that focuses on how the interaction of photons and tissue can be used to aid diagnosis and fundamental research in biological fields. The group's work thus spans optoelectronic device development (e.g. QCLs) to be used as sources in systems, technique development (e.g. fast full frame FLIM), contrast agent development (e.g. encapsulation of nonlinear optical dyes), and new platform development (e.g. low-cost PCR thermal cyclers coupled with tunable laser spectroscopy for analysis and THz imaging/spectroscopy systems.) The same technologies have useful applications in trace explosive detection and imaging, which is being explored as well.
The group is headed by Professor of Electrical Engineering Scott Howard at the University of Notre Dame and contains both graduate and undergraduate researchers that lead projects intersecting the fields of electrical engineering and medicine. Current projects include sickle cell disease monitoring by MPM, optical quilt packaging, in vivo 3D chemical imaging, and DNA detection and amplification.
The Howard Research Group conducts its research at the Notre Dame Biomedical Photonics lab and Mid Infrared and Terahertz lab. The group also works in affiliation with NDnano, ND Integrated Imaging Facility, and the Harper Cancer Research Institute.
Please feel free to contact Professor Howard at email@example.com
Thanks for your interest!


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Behind party lines: what it means to be a Republican
Delegates joined in St. Paul to mingle, to party and to hear from Republican luminaries. And, of course, they nominated a GOP ticket for the White House.
Many paid their own way to be a Republican delegate. Why?
What motivates them to not only be active in politics, but to ally themselves with a political party.
Who are these people that would take time out of their lives, time away from work and, often, their families to rally around the Republican Party banner?
Minnesota Public Radio news, along with with partner public broadcasting stations in Oregon and North Carolina, assembled a dozen Republican delegates and volunteers from around the nation and asked them to get beyond the canned answers and speeches to tell us why they hold their political allegiances.
Delegates from places like Oregon, Florida, New Jersey, Texas, Alabama, Louisiana and Minnesota talked, in a personal way about what shaped their beliefs.
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